Santa Cruz County Housing Authority

Santa Cruz County Housing Authority Apartment Details

Programs offered by the Santa Cruz Housing Authority:

Developing and managing affordable rental housing.
Developing affordable housing for sale to qualified local residents.
Administering the federal government's Housing
Developing and managing affordable rental housing.
Developing affordable housing for sale to qualified local residents.
Administering the federal government's Housing Choice Vouch (Section 8) program providing rental assistance to tenants in market-rate housing.
Administering security-deposit assistance programs helping tenants move into rental units.
Administering first-time home buyer programs, which provide mortgage relief for low and moderate-income residents buying their first home.
Offering programs for mobile home rehabilitation and improvements.
Helping mobile home park residents take over ownership of their park.
Distributing and administering disaster-relief housing funds.
Rehabilitating dilapidated housing units for sale to low-income families.
Developing and managing migrant and farm-labor housing.
Providing technical services on housing issues to government agencies and developers of affordable housing.
Offering informational seminars for landlords.
Offering informational seminars for first-time home buyers.
Providing property management services.
Obtaining state and federal grants for property improvement and maintenance.
Issuing tax-exempt bonds to assist developers of affordable housing with financing.
Administering the Mortgage Credit Certificate program.

Important information
Waiting Lists
Most low income apartments have waiting lists. Some of these lists can take years until you can be called for openings. The key is to try to get on as many waiting lists as possible.

Call The Apartments Directly
We provide phone numbers and websites. Call the apartments directly if they have openings or open waiting lists.

Apartment Rates
We provide current apartment rates on many listing pages. Most HUD listings do not have published rates. They are based on 30% of the renters adjustable gross income. You will need to contact the apartments to determine if you qualify for income based rent.

Apartment Rental and informational statistics for zip code

Median apartment rental rate in this zip code	$1,890
Population in zip code	47,801
Median age of those living in this zip code	36.3
Average household income of those living in this zip code	$78,344
Average home value in this zip code	$887,965